“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler vs Scott “Hands of Stone” Smith
Pats Prediction: “By the third round, Lawler will have softened Smith up enough to move in for the kill, and will take this fight by way of a hard-earned TKO”
Probably the most anticipated fight of the evening, Lawler and Smith will face off again in a rematch of what was easily the Fight of the Night at Elite’s CBS debut show a few months ago. After their first encounter was cut short due to an accidental thumb to Smith’s eye, both the two competitors and MMA fans have been eagerly awaiting the day when they go at it again in what is sure to be an exciting encounter. To predict the outcome of this fight, all one needs to do is watch their first meeting.
While Smith was landing some decent shots, and tenaciously fighting back through Lawler’s blistering offense, it was Lawler who was scoring the more meaningful shots and controlling the pace of the fight. No one can deny that Smith is one of the toughest fighters in the sport today, especially considering the way he knocked Pete Sell unconscious in UFC while in the process of crumbling to the mat in pain as a result of one of Sell’s body-shots.
Lawler, though, is too fast and too experienced to have a victory snatched away from him the way Sell did. This rematch will probably closely resemble their first meeting, with Smith tenaciously surviving a beating and dealing out some damage of his own before finally succumbing to Lawler’s speed and accuracy.
By the third round, Lawler will have softened Smith up enough to move in for the kill, and will take this fight by way of a hard-earned TKO in what I predict will be the Fight of the Night yet again.
You can bet on this fight at Sportsbook.com with odds being -210/Lawler and +170/Smith
